System and method for selectively transmitting electronic messages
First Claim
1. An integrated messaging system comprising:
- at least two terminal devices associated with a common user comprising a first terminal device and a second terminal device, wherein at least the second terminal device is a wireless terminal device;
a server capable of routing electronic messages and of receiving at least one electronic message addressed to the first terminal device and of determining if a size of the electronic message exceeds a threshold size;
a database that stores at least one electronic message addressed to the first terminal device; and
at least one scripting agent that accesses the database, retrieves the electronic message addressed to the first terminal device stored on the database, and processes the electronic message for transmission to the second terminal device, wherein a summary of the electronic message addressed to the first terminal device is created if the size of the electronic message exceeds the threshold size.
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Abstract
A client/server based system provides an integrated messages system for a user having access to accounts on a number of different terminal communication devices, including at least one wireless terminal device. In a preferred embodiment, the system includes an agent that selectively transmits messages addressed to a particular user to at least one terminal device. The agent is connected to a wireless communications server and is adapted to receive and distribute messages, such as e-mail, from and to a multiplicity of senders and recipients, such as terminal devices interconnected over a network. Messages received from a terminal device and intended for a user may be forwarded to the user by the agent via a wireless communications server and wireless terminal device. The system enables the user to receive the incoming message and to reply to such a message or to generate an original message. Upon receiving a reply or original message, the agent, based upon certain information received from the user or upon a profile, processes the reply or original message received from the wireless communications server and forwards such message to one or more recipients in the form of a standard communications application whereby the recipient is presented with a message that appears to have come from a typical terminal device rather than from a wireless device.
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25 Claims
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1. An integrated messaging system comprising:
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at least two terminal devices associated with a common user comprising a first terminal device and a second terminal device, wherein at least the second terminal device is a wireless terminal device; a server capable of routing electronic messages and of receiving at least one electronic message addressed to the first terminal device and of determining if a size of the electronic message exceeds a threshold size; a database that stores at least one electronic message addressed to the first terminal device; and at least one scripting agent that accesses the database, retrieves the electronic message addressed to the first terminal device stored on the database, and processes the electronic message for transmission to the second terminal device, wherein a summary of the electronic message addressed to the first terminal device is created if the size of the electronic message exceeds the threshold size. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for managing communications between at least two terminal devices associated with a common user comprising a first terminal device and a second terminal device, wherein at least the second terminal device is a wireless terminal device, the communication management method comprising:
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receiving an electronic message addressed to the first terminal device; determining if a size of the electronic message exceeds a threshold size; storing the electronic message in a database; accessing the database with a scripting agent to retrieve the electronic message; processing the electronic message with the scripting agent for transmission to the second terminal device; creating a summary of the electronic message if the size of the electronic message exceeds the threshold size; and transmitting the processed electronic message to the wireless second terminal device. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An integrated messaging system comprising:
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at least two terminal devices associated with a common user comprising a first terminal device and a second terminal device, wherein at least the second terminal device is a wireless terminal device; a server that routes electronic messages and is capable of receiving at least one electronic message addressed to the first terminal device and of determining if a size of the electronic message exceeds a threshold size; and a scripting agent that processes the electronic message addressed to the first terminal device for transmission to the second terminal device by creating a summary of the electronic message addressed to the first terminal device if the size of the electronic message exceeds the threshold size. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method of managing communications between at least two terminal devices associated with a common user comprising a first terminal device and a second terminal device, wherein at least the second terminal device is a wireless terminal device, the communication management method comprising:
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receiving an electronic message addressed to the first terminal device; determining if a size of the electronic message exceeds a threshold size; processing the electronic message with a scripting agent for transmission to the second terminal device by creating a summary of the electronic message if the size of the electronic message exceeds the threshold size; and transmitting the summarized electronic message to the second terminal device. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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